Gavrilov-Yam is a city of successful industrial stories. Going on a trip to Gavrilov Yam, you will immerse yourself in a world where history comes to life. You will be able to trace the connection of completely different enterprises of the city with each other, where everyone carefully preserves and glorifies traditions. You will see how young high-tech enterprises go hand in hand with the legacy of the past
Here you will get acquainted with authentic Lokalov fabrics, see unique products woven for the royal court and the leaders of the USSR, you will visit the Lokalovs' study, in the "closet" – a living room for several families in which the workers of the linen manufactory lived, take part in the tea drinking ceremony "In English", and at the end of the tour visit a linen shop where you can buy linen products at manufacturer's prices.
The most unusual walk from the past to the present in the central part of the city of Gavrilov-Yam. On the walk you will learn what the Valley of Death is and how it is connected with the Gavrilov-Yamskaya manufactory, immerse yourself in the factory world, hear how the sluices of the factory pond work ... and learn the traditions of workers of the XIX century.
The use of modern equipment and an integrated automation system made it possible to introduce the most advanced technologies here
Would you like to know how the "light" industry works? How is the linen fabric formed – "my destiny is a simple canvas"? And all this at one of the largest linen manufactories in the country at the end of the XIX - beginning of the XX centuries.
On a tour of the enterprise, you will get acquainted with the history of the development of the textile business in Gavrilov-Yam, where now the descendants of weavers work in large bright workshops using new modern equipment. Textiles are being revived here!
After visiting the Aurica Gardens, you can take part in an exciting interactive tour. You will plunge into the atmosphere of pottery production, trace the entire path of the birth of the finished product from a shapeless piece of clay to a finished object and even act as a potter
You will walk into the former weaving workshop of the linen manufactory, see with your own eyes the glass transparent ceilings (which were installed specifically to save electricity and the predominance of daylight) and inhale the aroma of the past